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Ham Lake Scouts visit BWCA in January

posted Feb 25, 2016, 6:01 PM by Cub Scout

A
total of 12 Webelos Scouts from Cub Scout Pack 508 in Ham Lake formed an
expedition to BSA’s Northern Tier to participate in Webelos Okpik Weekend in
January. Despite temperatures dipping down to 26 below zero, the Scouts
enjoyed a wide variety of winter activities including hiking, snow shoeing,
cross country skiing, ice fishing, boot hockey, dog sledding, and outdoor
cooking. The Scouts also explored snow shelters, known as quinzee’s, left
on the lake by overnight campers. Okpik (which is Inuit for snowy owl) is
the National Boy Scout Camp’s winter program which compliments the many summer
expeditions from the camp using the largest canoe fleet in North America.
The Webelos Okpik Weekend is designed to introduce Cub Scouts to winter camping
and the programs offered at Northern Tier.

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